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Friday 29 May 2015

Debbie Rigby to
speak in Borneo
Well known pharmacist Debbie
Rigby, whos also a current director
of NPS MedicineWise, will speak at
the Borneo Pharmacy Conference
in Sep this year.
She will update delegates on
Asthma and COPD; polypharmacy,
drug interactions and
deprescribing; medication-related
causes of dry mouth; and benefits,
risks and harms of NSAIDs.
More information on page four.

Slim fit warning

The Therapeutic Goods
Administration has warned that a
product labelled Slim Fit capsules
should not be taken because it
contains the undeclared substance
sibutramine, which was withdrawn
from world markets in 2010 due
to increased risks of cardiac events
and stroke.
TGA investigations have shown a
number of people in Australia may
have bought the product online.

PSA backs AMA plan

The Pharmaceutical Society
of Australia will hold a forum in
Sydney on Mon 24 Aug to discuss
the GP-pharmacist collaborative
practice model proposed to the
government by the Australian
Medical Association (PD yesterday).
This collaboration will create
greater efficiencies for general
practices, better care for patients,
new career opportunities for
pharmacists and significant
Budget savings, according to PSA
president Grant Kardachi.

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FSM troubled by Uni deal

FrieNDs of Science in Medicine
(FSM) has raised concerns
about Blackmores $1.3m
sponsorship of the new Sydney
University Chair in Integrative
Medicine (PD yesterday), saying
the controversial decision is
troublesome.
While welcoming independent,
quality research into therapies
which have not as yet been
adequately tested, FSM said the
very naming of the Chair after
the complementary medicines
company founder raises
serious concerns to anyone who
understands the principles behind
the movement championing
Integrative Medicine.
The organisation said the aims
of Integrative Medicine would see
alternative and complementary
practitioners enter into a
partnership with scientifically
educated doctors, nurses and allied
health clinicians.
The intention of integrative
medicine is not to test the efficacy
or otherwise of alternative or
complementary treatments, but
to add these in parallel to medical
therapies supported by credible
scientific evidence of clinical
effectiveness, FSM claimed.
FSM said many pharmacies had
embraced this approach and offer
the services of a pseudoscientific
practitioner in their stores.
With regard to Sydney Universitys
new Chair, FSM said it is important
that an industry sponsor not use
the acceptance of its funds to
suggest that the university, in so
doing, is endorsing the ethics and

scientific credibility of the donor.

The debate has also been raised
in an article on The Conversation,
with Monash Professor of Medicine
Paul Komesaroff, and industry
watchdog Ken Harvey taking part.
Komesaroff argues constructive
engagement between educational
institutions and industry is
desirable, but it needs to be
subject to rigorous controls with
mechanisms for public scrutiny
and effective enforcement.
Harvey, who famously quit
La Trobe University over the
institutions $15m deal with Swisse
to form a complementary health
research centre (PD 06 Feb 14)
argued against the arrangement.
This could cause a number of
potential conflicts of interest,
he said, suggesting that a
more appropriate funding
model would be for industry to
anonymously fund the NHMRC
for complementary medicines
research.

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Victorian PSOTY
Amanda
Horiniak
(pictured),
Monash
University
pharmacy
student, has
been named
Victorian
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Pharmacy Student of the Year
(PSOTY).
National Pharmacies pharmacist
area manager Nancy Goubran,
Quality Pharmacy Groups (QPG)
managing pharmacist Anna Baos
and QPG community pharmacist
Rachel Walker were judges.
The competition was described as
very close with judges saying all
competitors displayed great depth
of knowledge combined with strong
counselling communication skills.
Judges said Horiniak was a
highly motivated, enthusiastic
and passionate student who was
looking forward to her future
career as a pharmacist.

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Symbion honours supplier partners

Symbion Pharmacy last night
hosted its annual Engage Awards,
with a gala event taking place
at the Melbourne Pavilion in
Kensington.
TV personality Shelley Craft acted
as MC for the awards which saw
200 guests hosted by Symbion
Pharmacy gm Brett Barons.
The top Supplier of the Year
award went to Novartis, which
was recognised for its unwavering
commitment to the pharmacy
industry, with other suppliers
winning a total of 15 categories
including Hospitals Supplier of the
Year (Gilead Sciences), Chemmart
Pharmacy Supplier of the Year
(Health World) and Pharmacy Choice Supplier of the
Year (Inova Pharmaceuticals).
Apotex won the Ethical Generics category, while other
winners included Bayer, Beiersdorf, Mundpharma and
Johnson & Johnson Pacific.
EBOS Group ceo Patrick Davies said Symbion was
proud to be at the forefront in developing a customercentric world-class supply chain.
The Engage Awards are an important opportunity
for us to acknowledge the tremendous work Symbion

suppliers do in helping us meet our customers needs.

Davies said the companys relationships go much
deeper than traditional supply and demand, with
supplier partners playing a vital role in ensuring we
continue to provide excellent service...their dedication
and efforts to innovate do not go unnoticed.
Pictured above at the gala dinner last night are, from
left: Brett Barons, Symbion Pharmacy general manager;
Roopa Mahesh, Jason Melbourne and Denys Patterson
of Novartis; and Patrick Davies, EBOS Group ceo.

Methylisothiazolinone
rescheduling
The Therapeutic Goods
Administration is seeking feedback
on proposed amendments to the
scheduling of methylisothiazolinone
and methylchloroisothiazolinone.
The move is in response to issues
raised in a NICNAS IMAP report,
with the scheduling proposal is to
list both compounds in Schedule
6 or Schedule 10/Appendix C with
concentration exemption cut-offs
for preparations containing low
concentrations.
Exemption cut-offs will be based
on sensitisation potential and, for
cosmetic products, will take into
consideration reports from the EU
Scientific Committee on Consumer
Safety and the US Cosmetic
Ingredient Review expert panel.
The Advisory Committee
on Medicines Scheduling said
exemption cut-offs for other types
of products will also be considered,
including use in therapeutic goods
such as sunscreens.
For details see www.tga.gov.au.

THANK
YOU
To all the pharmacy
owners, their
staff, patients and
stakeholders for
supporting the
Pharmacy Guild as we
negotiated the Sixth
Community Pharmacy
Agreement (6CPA).

When the legislation passes, the 6CPA will mean:

FIVE YEARS OF REAL INCREASES IN

REMUNERATION FOR DISPENSING
CONTINUATION OF THE LOCATION RULES
PROGRAM FUNDING WILL NEARLY DOUBLE
The 6CPA strengthening the most successful
Public Private Partnership in the health system.

George Tambassis
National President
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
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Events Calendar
WELCOME to Pharmacy Dailys
events calendar, opportunities to
earn CPE and CPD points.
If you have an upcoming event
youd like us to feature, email
info@pharmacydaily.com.au.

29-31 May: ConPharm 2015; Park

Hyatt Melbourne; more info at:
www.aacp.com.au
3 Jun: 2015 Quality Learning
Seminar; Swissotel, Sydney;
visit: www.cmaustralia.org.au
10 Jun: Cardiovascular Update:
Blood Pressure; Newcastle; see:
www.guild.org.au
13-14 Jun: Cardiology Seminar;
Brisbane; details at:
www.cpd.shpa.org.au
14 Jun: PSA Immunisation
Training; Rydges, Port
Macquarie; see: www.psa.org.au
16 Jun: Professional Services in
Pharmacy: C your O2 in action;
Wollongong; for details visit:
www.guild.org.au
19 Jun: Australian Seminar
Series; Adina Apartment Hotel,
Sydney; for details visit:
www.cpdconferencing.com.au
20-21 Jun: Evidence Based
Seminar; Sydney; details at:
www.cpd.shpa.org.au
24 Jun: Cardiovascular Update:
Dyslipidemia; Newcastle; see:
www.guild.org.au
5 Jul: Provide First Aid;
Parramatta RSL Club; visit:
www.psa.org.au
6-9 Jul: Pharmacy Alliance
Members Forum; Honolulu
USA; more details at:
www.pharmacyalliance.com.au
7 Jul: Cardiovascular Update:
Atrial Fibrillation and
Anticoagulants; Central Coast;
visit: www.guild.org.au

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Allied health potential

A consultation on potentially
expanding the scope of practice
of allied health practitioners in
Queensland has found that there
are numerous opportunities to
enhance patient care by extending
current roles - including prescribing
and administering medications.
However health workers are
often preventing from expanding
their scope of practice through an
implied need to ask for permission
when the only barriers to extending
their role are culture and historical
practice.
The report was released by a
Queensland Health commissioned
Ministerial Taskforce, which

EMA vaccine update

The European Medicines Agency
has updated its recommendations
for the 2015/16 seasonal influenza
vaccine composition.
The new proposal also contains a
recommendation on a suitable A/
California/7/2009-like virus strain
for live, attenuated vaccines which
had previously been postponed due
to a lack of data on suitability and
yield of candidate strains.

included high level representation

from allied health, nursing, unions,
medicine, consumers & universities.
444 written submissions were
received as well as verbal feedback
from over 200 participants.
The support needed to realise
opportunities to increase the
health systems efficiency includes
designing patient-centred models
of service delivery, leadership and
culture change, funding incentives,
appropriate education and training,
and clarifying responsibility,
accountability and liability for
outcomes, the report concluded.
The findings, which are
endorsed by the highest levels of
state government, were said to
reinforce the perceptions that
allied health professionals do not
work to their full scope of practice

FDA ticks IBS-D drugs

The US Food and Drug
Administration has approved
Pantheon Pharmacetucials Viberzi
(eluxadoline) and Xifaxan (rifaximin)
from Salix Pharmaceuticals, for
irritable bowel syndrome with
diarrhoea (IBS-D) in adults.

This week Pharmacy Daily and Innoxa are giving away a new product
pack including Organic Gentle Cleansing Gel ($14.99 RRP), Organic
Hydrating Daily Moisturiser ($24.99 RRP) and Organic
Brightening Eye Cream ($19.99 RRP).
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Congratulations to yesterdays winner, Chelsea Millward from Symbion.

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DISPENSARY
CORNER
Smoking can be bad for your
health - your pets health, that is.
A judge has acquitted a Chicago
man of animal cruelty charges
filed after the man posted a video
of himself smoking marijuana
with a chameleon.
After viewing the video
and hearing the arguments
of prosecutors and defence
attorneys, Cook County Circuit
Judge Robert Kuzas ruled on
Wednesday that Bruce Blunts
behaviour was uncalled for and
immature but didnt amount to
criminal behaviour.
Blunt posted the video of
himself getting blazed with the
chameleon, Binna, earlier this
year, prompting a complaint from
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals.
After his acquittal, Blunt said he
blew smoke into the chameleons
mouth because it seemed to calm
the aggressive reptile.
The Chicago Tribune reports
Blunt said he hopes to get the
magic dragon back from Chicago
Animal Care and Control.
Dermatologists in the US
have coined the phrase Risky
Inks as they call for more
monitoring of adverse skin
reactions seen in patients after
they get tattoos.
Troublesome tattoos are
relatively common according to
a small US study reported in the
journal Contact Dermatitis.
The researchers asked 300
people if they had any unwanted
side effects after getting some
permanent body art.
Ten per cent reported symptoms
such as itching, pain and scarring,
with some reactions lasting
longer than four months such as
redness, skin infections, allergies,
sun sensitivity and prolonged
scabbing.

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